“[I expect employees] to show up sober and to not have red
hair,” she quipped via e-mail. “Nothing is off limits, except for
gay or ugly babies; they have no way of defending themselves.”
Chelsea Lately
Round Table
“The margaritas don’t come until later, but we definitely do have the drinks program, and not gettin’ freaky with the star of Grey Gardens.
going on Friday,” McDonald expressed about another group effort. “There’s a sur- “I do Drew Barrymore in my act, and I think I’ve only done her once on the Round
prising amount of drinking and sleeping that goes on at the office,” Guy Branum Table and I haven’t done her in a sketch,” she replied. “I just love doing her.”
added. Someone else who makes a great impression on audiences is Loni Love and the
Handler joked that the pair, who work as a team behind-the-scenes, still main- word sassy immediately springs to mind when describing her brand of humor,
tain a certain amount of work ethics during the end of the week festivities. Well, which she has perfected on VH1 clip shows such as I Love the ’80s and her current
sort of. “She is a sloppy cougar drunk and Guy is gay,” she wrote about their ability gig as host of the E! show Wildest TV Show Moments.
to work during and after the tequila starts to flow. “They work in the same office, Love is also a proponent for gay rights when she appears on the chat fest, and
so they get the same amount of work done. Thank God.” no, it’s not because we look and smell better—it’s because we make her look
Another fringe benefit for McDonald is she also met her “gay husband” on the good, ok? “They put on my makeup so well. I have fallen in love and need to keep
job. “It’s the perfect relationship because you get to be with a guy, and you’re my queens happy” she laughingly said. “You can’t help but say, ‘hey, I want them
not going for the same people,” she stated. “But you can still admire good-looking to be happy. I want them to feel like they have rights just like everybody else.’”
guys together. I feel badly for people who can’t experience it.” Although this particular panelist is not a staff member, she may want to con-
“The best part about working in the office is that, at a moment’s notice, I can tell sider hazard pay to ever appear on the Round Table again with Bai Ling.
Heather I need to talk to Geri Jewell or Sylvia Brown. Heather is clearly the most The “actress” once appeared alongside Love and waxed philosophical about
passionate about sketches,” Branum remarked about their two-fold friendship. being from the Moon, which made Love stop the discussion to ask Handler what
McDonald’s hilarious celebrity impressions are just one of the many elements the “eff” the quote-unquote was talking about. Maybe all she needed was a Bai-
that help set Chelsea Lately apart from the late-night pack. Ling-to-Earth dictionary, which I gladly suggested may help.
Now, before you’re mind wanders off to Lesbian-Ville for the next answer—the “I’m gonna bring a book, How to get Bai Ling to the Earth,” she countered. “I think
“doing” McDonald is referring to is of an imitation she’d like to trot out more on the they put us on the panel together just to see what would happen. I was trying to
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